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Soul liberty, believer's baptism, and local church autonomy
What does individual conscience before God require?
The Beatitudes address the individual heart—you must personally own this character. No church membership, no infant baptism, no sacrament produces beatitude people. Only personal faith and obedience, empowered by grace, shapes disciples.
This is between you and Jesus
Have YOU become poor in spirit?
The congregation is people who individually responded
μακάριος in Greco-Roman usage meant divine favor, not emotion
πτωχός (poor) indicates complete dependence
Structure mirrors Isaiah 61
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